Do you feel you are faced withadequate job growth opportu-nities within your company?

While the average base salary of this year’s group dropped a bit
from $79K last year to $72K this year, the numbers who receive additional compensation via commission also changed. Of last year’s
group, 49 percent received some type of commission; of this year’s
group, 55 percent do. Commission rates range dramatically, with
some working straight commission and others yielding a very small
percentages of their sales. The median yearly commission payment from this group was $35K. An average amount of additional
compensation (besides commission) measured in bonuses, 401K
contributions, and other additional cash came in around the same
as last year — between $14K and $15K.

This group includes the highest percentage of those saying their jobdemands have increased over the past year, with nearly 86 percent say-ing this was the case. This was also the group that faced the fewest sal-ary and benefits cuts, with 14 percent saying they’d grappled with thisissue. That’s not to say they feel fairly compensation, however. Whiletwo-thirds last year said they felt they were adequately compensated,No40.9%